This is a site with lots of wonderful ws, one can see that the teachers behind these ws are real "artists". The prove can be seen when you have a look at the downloads: 80, 170, 200, or many more. Up to this point great. But I get a bit sad when I compare the figures: lots of downloads and very very few comments saying thanks or actually anything at all.

It takes some time to make a ws, and all the members here are generous enough to share their work. And we are happy about it, seeing how much we download. How come it is so difficult for us to thank other members for making our life easier, to say the least?

Don �t you think it would be nice to use 5 seconds of our lives to say thanks? I promise it doesn �t take much more. 

What do you think about it?

i totally agree with you..  the word "thanks" is so simple and takes no more than 5 sec.

yet it has this magic power of spreading joy and happiness in the author �s heart.. it is the case 4 me at least..

 

thanks Silviamontra 4 bringing it up..

Much has been said about it - the reason(s) why, the values behind it, ... - but the sad thing about it is that nothing, or at least not much, has changed, which may mean that we, teachers, aren �t that open to listen to the Other and to question our own acts.

 

Many of us have already expressed their feelings about this here in the forum and it is a fact that we [those who said so openly] find it important that members say "thank you" for downloading other people �s worksheets because that shows some respect for their work. Furthermore, it may work as a stimulus for more and better work, especially for new members. So why not be a little bit less individualistic and try to act accordingly? How long does it take to write a thank you note and then copy and paste it (and personalise it a little bit if you want to)  everytime you download a worksheet? 5 seconds? 4? I believe we usually spend between 2 to 6 hours making a resource, so what are a few seconds compared to that?!

 

Besides, we spend the whole day saying "thank you" - be it at school, at the supermarket or the cornershop, so why not here, online, when what we take is definitely much more than the receipt we get at a shop... Because we are not face to face?

 

I can only speak for myself, but I know that many of you think the same - when we take something, we say "thank you", that is the least we can do. It �s as basic as that.

 

 

Wish you all a good night.

Hugs,

mena

I agree that receiving comments about our work is nice.  I have been making more OEs lately and, as they get few comments, I really miss them.

 

But leaving a comment works both ways. I always write them and they very often prevent me from downloading the same ws twice.  If it has a "thank you" note from me I know that I already have that ws.

 

As for the Thank you button PhilipR, I �m afraid many of us found it too impersonal. We really do not want to force people to leave a note, that is not the point, not at all,  we just would like them to think how important that comment is to many, many members and how nice it is to thank people for sharing with us their precious time and work. It has to come naturally, from the heart, otherwise what �s the purpose?!

 

Wish you all a wonderful Sunday.

And now I must get back to work.

 

Hugs,

mena

Cheers Joy